Table 1.

The correlation matrix, mean and standard deviation of studied variables.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
1. Danger and contamination	–
2. Socioeconomic consequences	0.43**	–
3. Xenophobia	0.48**	0.45**	–
4. Traumatic stress symptoms	0.57**	0.45**	0.43**	–
5. Compulsive checking	0.42**	0.22**	0.28**	0.48**	–
6. COVID stress	0.77**	0.72**	0.76**	0.79**	0.62**	–
7. Physical health	−0.14**	−0.12**	−0.04	−0.16**	−0.001	−0.12**	–
8. Exercise and fitness	−0.20**	−0.10**	−0.07*	−0.19**	−0.03	−0.16**	0.65**	–
9. Weight control and nutrition	−0.13**	−0.11**	−0.04	−0.15**	−0.03	−0.12**	0.58**	0.53**	–
10. Illness prevention	−0.07*	−0.15**	0.02	−0.12**	0.02	−0.08*	0.49**	0.41**	0.55**	–
11. Psychological health	−0.23**	−0.15**	−0.04	−0.26**	−0.09**	−0.20**	0.57**	0.56**	0.47**	0.51**	–
12. Spiritual health	−0.14**	−0.15**	0.01	−0.18**	−0.03	−0.13**	0.47**	0.41**	0.41**	0.54**	0.71**	–
13. Social health	−0.08*	−0.10**	0.02	−0.13**	0.04	−0.06*	0.44**	0.39**	0.37**	0.51**	0.66**	0.65**	–
14. Drug and alcohol avoidance	−0.08*	−0.12**	−0.01	−0.15**	−0.06	−0.13**	0.25**	0.15**	0.24**	0.34**	0.27**	0.34**	0.26**	–
15. Accident prevention	−0.02	−0.07*	0.05	−0.06	0.05	−0.01	0.33**	0.23**	0.40**	0.56**	0.35**	0.41**	0.44**	0.38**	–
16. Environmental health	−0.02	−0.06	0.01	−0.05	−0.002	−0.04	0.38**	0.29**	0.45**	0.58**	0.42**	0.46**	0.46**	0.30**	0.61**	–
17. Lifestyle	−0.17**	−0.16**	−0.02	−0.21**	−0.02	−0.15**	0.73**	−0.68**	0.71**	0.77**	0.79**	0.77**	0.73**	0.51**	0.65**	0.69**	–
18. KCMHMD	0.02	−0.11**	−0.10**	−0.12**	0.02	−0.10**	0.003	−0.002	0.04	0.14**	0.07*	0.13**	0.11**	0.11**	0.12**	0.13**	0.12**	–
19. BEMD	−0.05	−0.20**	−0.17**	−0.23**	−0.03	−0.19**	−0.06*	−0.08**	−0.03	0.12**	0.06*	0.09**	0.06*	0.20**	0.10**	0.06**	0.07*	0.37**	–
20. AMHP	−0.07*	−0.02	−0.09**	−0.11**	0.04	−0.07*	0.11**	0.12**	0.15**	0.16**	0.17**	0.12**	0.14**	0.08*	0.17**	0.15**	0.20**	0.19**	0.34**	–
21. Mental Health Literacy	−0.07*	−0.15**	−0.17**	−0.22**	0.02	−0.17**	0.03	0.02	0.09**	0.20**	0.15**	0.16**	0.16**	0.19**	0.19**	0.16**	0.19**	0.62**	0.73**	0.72**	–
Mean	2.14	1.08	1.64	1.02	1.53	1.48	1.81	1.51	1.81	2.35	2.06	2.29	2.24	2.48	2.42	2.27	2.13	0.76	0.55	0.42	0.57
Standard Deviation	0.81	0.99	1.10	0.90	0.78	0.67	0.51	0.75	0.63	0.47	0.66	0.65	0.59	0.63	0.57	0.56	0.42	0.16	0.29	0.32	0.18

**P < 0.01, *P < 0/05.

Abbreviation. KCMHMD: knowledge of the characteristics of mental health and mental disorders, BEMD: belief in the epidemiology of mental disorders, AMHP: awareness of mental health promotion activities.